Space Invaders TV Version Rev 2 preserves one of the original 1978 arcade ROM sets of Taito’s landmark fixed shooter, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado. “TV” refers to the label printed on this set’s ROM chips, distinguishing it from the SV and CV sets also dumped from period Space Invaders boards; this particular revision fixes a handful of bugs found in the first TV-labeled release while keeping the same underlying game code. You control a lone laser cannon, defending Earth against a grid of descending alien invaders that speed up the fewer of them remain on screen.
How to Play
Destroy every alien before the surviving rows reach the bottom of the screen, which ends the game instantly. Four bunkers offer cover but erode as they absorb fire from both sides.
- Movement: Left and Right Arrow Keys
- Fire: Z or X
- Insert Coin: Shift
- Start: Enter
Tips
- Clear a firing lane: Shoot straight up through a bunker a few times to carve a channel you can shoot the aliens through while still standing behind cover.
- Watch the Mystery Ship: The UFO that crosses the top of the screen awards more points on specific shot counts, so keep firing steadily rather than holding back to “save” a shot for it.
- Thin out the bottom rows first when you can: The invaders’ march speed is tied to how many are left, so leaving isolated stragglers at the top buys you more reaction time than leaving a full bottom row.
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